Château Clerc Milon Rothschild, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac
    Château Clerc Milon

    Château Clerc Milon Rothschild, 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, 2023

    96/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    92-94/100
    The Wine Independent
    92-94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £330.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy, the supremely talented Technical Director responsible for Baron Philippe de Rothschild's three Bordeaux chateaux has crafted an exquisite range of wines, which marry generous, textural fruit with gloriously precise aromatics and velvety tannins. The 2023 Clerc Milon, the third vintage made in the new winery includes 17% press wines. Splendid aromatics with suggestions of coal dust, dark cherry and sweet earth mingling with aromas of graphite, flowers and tobacco leaf. Complex and composed; this is a grown up, refined Clerc packed with sweet mulberry fruit and ferrous notes. There's a real generosity to the fruit, yet it remains taut, compact and focussed with complex, powdery tannins providing touches of bitter chocolate, griotte and salts on the finish. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 6.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Carmenère and 1% Petit Verdot.

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    Critic Reviews

    96/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Pauillac was close to normal rainfall, with less mildew than other parts of the region, helping to usher in the excellent crop of wines that you will find in the appellation in 2023. This joins the best of them with its superb quality, and a real sense of excitement and drive. Expect vivacity and tension in the blue and black fruits, with liqourice root, squid ink, salted cracker, white pepper spice and freshly cut herbs. September 7 to 29 for harvest, 55% new oak barrels for ageing. Carmanère dating from 1947 is in this 1st wine, with the massal selection descendents in Pastourelle. Caroline Artaud director.
    drinking window 2030 - 2046
    date of review 05/2024
    92-94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Clerc Milon was picked from September 7 to 29 and is matured in 55% new oak. It has much more fruit concentration on the nose than the Pastorelle—quite precocious, with blackberry and cassis fruit. It's floral and more flamboyant than the d'Armailhac. The palate is very well balanced with a slightly creamy texture and a lovely mouthfeel. Its concentration is neatly counterbalanced by the acidity, and it feels very harmonious and long on the finish. Superb. If Mouton-Rothschild is beyond your budget—yes, I am familiar with that feeling—then this is where you should look.
    drinking window 2028 - 2050
    date of review 04/2024
    92-94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Clerc Milon features flamboyant notes of blackcurrant pastilles, boysenberries, and fresh plums plus hints of licorice, lilacs, and underbrush. The medium-bodied palate is bright and breezy, with approachable fine-grained tannins and bags of freshness, finishing with a skip in its step. The blend is 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 6.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.5% Carmenere, and 1% Petit Verdot, with pH 3.83. The alcohol is 13.5%.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pauillac
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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